Key: G
Introduction:
G D/F# Em D C
Do you remember me, I sat upon your knee
C G/B Am Am7 D
I wrote to you with childhood fantasies
G D/F# Em D C
Well, I'm all grown-up now and still need help somehow
C G/B Am Am7 D
I'm not a child but my heart still can dream
G D/F# Em D C
So here's my lifelong wish, my grown-up Christmas list
C G/B Am Am7 D
Not for myself but for a world in need
E C#m A
No more lives torn apart
B G#m7
That wars would never start
C#m A B
And time would heal all hearts
E C#m A
And everyone would have a friend
B G#m7
And right would always win
C#m C#m7 C#m Eb
And love would never e----nd
G#m7 C#m A B E
This is my grown-up Christmas list
G D/F# Em D C
As children we believed the grandest sight to see
C G/B Am Am7 D
Was something lovely wrapped beneath our tree
G D/F# Em D C
Well Heaven surely knows that packages and bows
C G/B Am Am7 D
Can never heal a hurting human soul
CHORUS
E A
What is this illusion called the innocence of youth
C#m F#7 B C7M
Maybe only in our blind belief can we ever find the truth
(key change)
F Dm Bb
No more lives torn apart
C Am7
That wars would never start
Dm Bb C
And time would heal all hearts
F Dm Bb
And everyone would have a friend
C Am7
And right would always win
Dm Dm7 Dm F+
And love would never e--nd oh
Am7 Dm Bb C Am7
This is my grown-up Christmas list
Dm Bb C Am7
This is my only life long wish
Dm Bb C F
This is my grown-up Christmas list
A = x02220
C#m=
C#m7= x46454(bar chord) or xx6454
D#
E = 022100
Esus= 022200
G#
G#m7= 464444(bar chord)